Inside Newgate Prison A Rare Glimpse Of London's Hell On Earth.

From 1188 to 1904, the grim bulk of Newgate Prison loomed large over London's landscape, and was one of the most feared and loathed places in the country.

In this video you will be get rare view inside one of the Capital's most infamous buildings as you gaze upon its galleries, cells, exercise yards and execution shed,

You will also step into the confines of "Deadman's Walk", beneath which those hanged inside the prison would be buried in quicklime, with the initial of their surnames carved into the wall.

The video features a brief history of the gaol, from its initial establishment inside the upper storeys of the the City's Newgate, through to its rebuilding in the 15th, 17th, 18th and mid-19th centuries.

With the aid of evocative Victorian photographs you will then be taken inside the prison to see locations that, since the gaol itself was demolished between 1902 and 1904, are all that now survive to remind us of what a horrific place of incarceration it truly was.